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Strong Wind in San Francisco Bay Shoreline, California

Strong Wind March 15, 2012 · San Francisco Bay Shoreline, California

40 mph
Estimated gust (35 kt)
1
Death
4
Injuries
$12K
Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

In the Oakland Hills at At 4:21 am a tree fell onto the southbound lanes on SR 13 south of the Park Blvd off-ramp. A Toyota Camry carrying four people hit the tree and stopped in the center median. a Ford F-150 pickup then struck the tree and went airborne, hitting and killing the 18 year old driver of the Toyota Camry. The driver of the Ford Pickup and the three other passengers of the Toyota suffered non life threatening injuries.

The wider storm

A series of storm systems from the Gulf of Alaska brought gusty winds and periods of heavy rain across the San Francisco and Monterey Bay areas from March 13 through March 16, 2012.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 373231. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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